By the terrible alchemy of egotism you converted your remorse into rage.

我中心可怕的点化之下，你的愧悔变成了暴怒。

Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.

不知什么东西使他从陈腐的学说里摄取精神食粮，仿佛他那壮的唯我主义已经不再能滋养他那颗唯我独尊的心了。